Research Article

Strategic Conditions for Opening an Internet Store and Pricing Policies in a Retailer-Dominant Supply Chain

Table 3

Strategic conditions for opening Internet stores to T-channel and pricing policies.

Strategic conditionsM and R’s activitiesPricing policies

M has not opened an Internet store and  
R can open an Internet storeMonopoly pricing

R has not opened an Internet store and 
M can open an Internet storeWhen , 
then
When ,   
then    
When ,   
then

When , and 
Both M and R can open their Internet stores simultaneously
When , and